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Photo of the Day: Best of February 2011

Elephant Festival, India

The Elephant Festival is one of the most popular festivals in Jaipur and takes place at the famous Chaugan Stadium in March. It begins with a beautiful procession of bedecked elephants, camels, horses, and folk dancers. The mahouts proudly embellish their elephants with vibrant colors, jhools (saddle cloth), and heavy jewelry.

Buffalo, Indonesia

This buffalo was cooling down in a puddle of muddy water. This image I captured was on one of the Komodo Islands in Indonesia. Only three islands in Komodo have the Komodo dragons. I gave this image the title “Buffalo's Last Moments” because this buffalo is unfortunately on the menu of the vicious Komodo dragon. I was using the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS lens. For this image I captured it at f/4 and focused on the eyes.

Monkeys, Macritchie Reservoir

This is a family of monkeys that I came across during my hike in Macritchie Reservoir, Singapore. The two adults were helping each other to extract ticks from their body, while a baby made its way up the branch to its mother arms.